Genetic position of Valencia (Spain) in the Mediterranean Basin according to Alu insertions

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-195

  Garcia Obregon S ^a   Alfonso Sanchez M A ^a   Perez Miranda A M ^a   Vidales, C ^b   Arroyo, D ^c   Peña, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Genética Celular   (Spain)

^c Progenie Molecular   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EASTERN EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALU ELEMENTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645575488     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20487     Document Type: Article

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